USS da Vinci (NCC-77451)

Part 5: Fun Fun Fun, In The Sun Sun Sun

R & R

USS Grus and USS da Vinci

The dog bounded through the light surf; paws splashing in the water, tongue lolling out of one side of his mouth and tail wagging like made.  The German Shepherd skidded to a halt, its back twisted, head dropped just long enough to grab the piece of drift wood at the water edge, in its mouth and [...]

Part 4: Let me fly far away from here

R & R

USS Grus and USS da Vinci

Sometimes it can be hard to appreciate how many humans and members of other species there truly are in the Forth Fleet, until someone tells them, they can all have a few days off to recover after all the turmoil of resent events.  The sheer number of ships docked simultaneously and the volume of [...]

Welcome to Camp Qapla' - Team 1

Camp Qapla' : The Great Khitomer Challenge!

USS Blythe, USS Culver City, USS Decker, USS Echelon, USS Io, USS Leif Erikson, USS Medea, USS Resolute and USS da Vinci

Tanna watched the Klingons disappear into the trees. She stood with her face to the sky and her eyes closed, wondering vaguely why she had decided to put her name down on that signup sheet. After a moment, she exhaled deeply, then turned to the person holding the bag. “What did they give [...]

Part 3: I'm all alone, more or less

R & R

USS Grus and USS da Vinci

The USS Grus had by now been docked at its home port of Starbase 86 for the last 8 days.  Of the 70 officers and crew currently assigned to her; around four fifths of them had decided to head home for a few days or at least take some leave on whatever planet took their fancy. Of the dozen left [...]